I work for a small company ~20 employees and I'm the default DBA. I
think there is a quite a difference between a DBA and a
programmer/analyst. The DBA gets the database installed and makes sure
that patches get applied and that the database is getting backup on a
regular basis and will be the person who performs any restore/recoveries
if needed. The DBA also makes sure that the hardware is working
properly and makes sure there is enough memory and monitors system
performance and disk space usuage.
The programmer/analyst are the people who designs the database end comes
up with the entity relationships. They are the ones who are experts at
pl sql and creating functions and packages or adding pl sql code to
triggers. Usually the programmer/analysts performs their work in a
development environment and then make requests of the DBA to migrate
their work into the production environment. If you are working at a
small company you might be doing all of this yourself however. The
programmer/analysts might also query the database in order to generate
ad hoc reports for management.
As the DBA and developer, I have found that is has been easy for me to
find PL SQL classes locally at a reasonable price but not quite as easy
finding local DBA admin classes and when I do find them they are pretty
expensive. That is why I'm grateful that I found the lazydba list.
That is my 2 cents.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Burns
[mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x80783718.[Email address protected]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:01 AM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: RE: Dba's Role in a company
I agree! I also take out the trash, answer the phones, make the coffee
and clean out the pot, as well as watch other employees kids and their
animals if needed while on vacation...yes a DBA does a lot more than
required these days, but I don't mind, it makes the job very interesting
and definitely makes the day go by real fast!
Sincerely,
Beth Burns
-----Original Message-----
From: Toth Chris
[mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x52175359.[Email address protected]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:56 AM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: RE: Dba's Role in a company
I got to agree with that one. For me, Oracle DBA has evolved into
database administrator, IT support, software installation, VBA
development, Unix System Administrator, desktop support for anything
that might be considered a database (Access, FileMaker, FoxPro,
SQLBase), network troubleshooting, intranet development.
At least they haven't given me a mop yet to clean up the 'data dumps' in
those rooms with plumbing.
Chris
"The early bird might get the worm, but the second rat gets the
cheese"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy
> [mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x75392328.[Email address protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:09 AM
> To: LazyDBA Discussion
> Subject: RE: Dba's Role in a company
>
>
> DBA ... Does 'Bout Anything
>
> The smaller the company, the more your job will likely encompass
> everything.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bralston
> [mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x50329637.[Email address protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 6:00 AM
> To: LazyDBA Discussion
> Subject: Dba's Role in a company
>
>
> All, I am working for a smaller startup company that needs a dba.
> However, the executive tier can't seem to understand what
> differentiates a DBA from an oracle programmer/analyst.
> Does anyone have any documentation or input into this discussion that
> might be helpful????
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brad
>
>
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